| Pawan Kumar Chamling | |
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| Chief Minister of Sikkim | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office December 12, 1994 |
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| Preceded by | Sanchaman Limboo |
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| Born | September 22, 1950 Yangang, Sikkim, India |
| Political party | Sikkim Democratic Front |
| Spouse(s) | Tika Maya Chamling |
Pawan Kumar Chamling (Nepali: पवन कुमार चामलिंग) is the fifth chief minister of the Indian state of Sikkim. Chamling is the founder president of the Sikkim Democratic Front party, which has governed Sikkim for four successive terms since 1994, winning the 1994, 1999, 2004 and 2009 state assembly elections.
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Chamling was born in Yangang, South Sikkim to Ashbahadur Chamling and Asharani Chamling. Chamling is also a Nepali language writer and recipient of the Bhanu Puraskar (2010) awarded by Sikkim Sahitya Parishad. He writes under the pen name Pawan Chamling Kiran.
Chamling was elected as the president of Yangang Gram Panchayat in 1982. In 1985, he was elected to the Sikkim Legislative Assembly for the first time. After being elected for the second time from Damthang constituency, he became the Minister for Industries, Information and Public Relations from 1989 to 1992 in the Nar Bahadur Bhandari cabinet. After a series of major political upheavals in Sikkim, Chamling formed the Sikkim Democratic Front party on 4 March 1993. His party first came to power in Sikkim after winning the 1994 assembly elections.
Thekong Ambassador of Peace (2010) by the Pang Lhabsol Committee; Bhanu Puraskar (2010) by Sikkim Sahitya Parishad; Leadership and Good Governance Award (2009) by the Universal Peace Federation; Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa) (2003) by Sikkim Manipal University; Poets’ Foundation Award (2002) by Poets Foundation, Kolkata; Manav Seva Purashkar (1999) by Institute of Economic Studies, New Delhi; Man of the Year (1998) by Biographical Institute, USA; Greenest Chief Minister of India (1998) by Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi; Bharat Siromani (1996) by Shiromani Foundation, New Delhi; Chintan Purashkar (1987) by Sikkim Sahitya Parishad